DeLorean Rider

Thats really interesting. I wouldnt think they would want to do that considering they give so much stuff away on P&G day. Course I guess if they do have general public, it would be a good way to advertise.

Currently 519mi, Charlotte NC, 8 hours 27min. (usually about ten minutes though)

I've heard the fog in AE was turned off because it affected the smoke alarms. On that note, probably one of my greatest memories at KI was working Tomb Raider during fearfest, I believe either the second or third week of Fearfest, when entertainment decided to load the center of Rivertown with fog machines, including placeing on inside the cave. I guess it never occured to them that the cave was loaded with smoke detectors. Wouldnt you know that, those smoke detectors did their job, all night we watched as the smoke level indicator climbed from 1 to 11, 10 being when the alarm goes off.

I dont know how they ran the ride when you were there but I have NEVER seen them take trains of Vortex after labor day. I dont ever recall that in 2002 or before, and certainly, 2003 and after they have not done so. Adventure Express is another story but Vortex, never. Also yea, all the rides are automatic, there no flat ride that doesnt stop by itself.

Actually rare-earth magnets, such as the ones in Drop Zones brakes, are considered perminant and as long as they aren't exposed to excessive electromagnetic fields or extremem heat, they will retain their strength forever with no loss of strength.

So if I put cheese wiz on the track it will be a cheese coaster

Sarcasm is a dead art... We'll see how great Maverick's themeing is after it's been around for 5 years. Cedar Fair seems to have a knack for allowing themeing to deteriorate or be removed. This just makes me laugh because there is no basis for this. KI never tried to pass Tomb Raider off as a topspin, they wanted to create a heavily themed thrill ride. The ride wasn't installed to do four topspins, like everyone seems to want, and even if it did, you all would just complain that Tomb Raider just flips you around and never interacted with the themeing. I guess I was just unaware that mr KIBeast was the connoisseur of topspins.

It's kind of like the oscar Meyer Weiner Bobile, except it promotes Fearfest instead of sausage.

There is no movie during the ride...

Yea cause you know... Magnum has magnetic brakes and all... Earth magnets cannot loose their magnetism, simple as that so, yes they guarententee that.

Well then I guess we should just build tents over every steel ride in the park so that none of the rides get rained on. Yea, I'm sure that Mavericks themeing in its first season is better than Tomb Raiders in it's first season. Also, no family walks down rivertown and says, ew what an ugly building, its so ugly, I definately dont want to ride whatever's in that ugly building. They see the cave and wonder what's inside the building. They come up to the greeter position and ask the person a million questions about whats inside. If anything the building just adds to the anticipation of not knowing what's inside.

First off, yes the fact that the ride only ran 56 seats instead of 77 seats 04-06 WAS Huss's fault. Second, Cedar Fair confirmed the purchase of Paramount in pre-season. The park had barely been open for a month. All of the effects were still operable in the beginning of 2006, but it was under the direction of CF that the "wet effects" didnt operate untill the affect of them on the ride could be properly evaluated for rust, wear, etc. Then it was decided that any of the effects that involved water would no longer operate as they were "rusting the ride". Also it was not uncommon for not all the effects not to work in preseason as was often the case in the past. I can attest that the boiler was inspected and approved by the state to run in 2006, with a simple command from Cedar Fair it could have been turned on aswell as a flick of the switch for the misters, and drum of fog juice for the foggers and misters. Now what happened this year, in addition CF discontinued the bubblers and the lava spurts. Right now there is a 3/4 full drum of fog juice sitting next to the statue of the bramah for the fogger in antechamber, but did Cedar Fair care enough to even run antechamber? Nope! Thirdly: I'm glad that you brought up the whole THEME park thing because you know, Cedar Fair is the epitome of themed rides. All their parks are just FILLED with stellar examples of how a themed attraction should be. Just look at Maverick, a red tracked coaster themed to: 1 : an unbranded range animal; especially : a motherless calf 2 : an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party and man does it show it! At least Paramount tried. TR's themeing was great untill CF decided to buy the park. Yea cause you know, every time I ride a ride a second time there are so many new experiences. Once I rode TTD I already knew what it did, wasnt really anything to look forward to. Once I rode maverick, eh... wasnt really anything else to look forward to. You know now that you mention it, FOF's a pretty crappy ride to. Sitting in that big warehouse-looking building. And you know I guess being a level 5 thrill ride does make it pretty mediocre. Infact, all of those other thrill rides like Delerium that just swings back an fourth, or Drop zone that just falls to the ground, they're all pretty mediocre. Good point.

Whenever there is a problem with a ride, the safest place is in the restraints (other than maybe the midway), especially if the ride is not moving. Usually if the restraints will not open it is because of a safety system of the rides. If you're on a ride such as DZ, TRTR, Delerium, etc. you're not going to be in danger if you're in the seat.

Speaking of warped... Paramount had how long? CF has had how long? The changes so far have been encouraging. I may not agree with depositing extra money into a ride that does not deserve it, but at least CF had the testicular fortitude to pull the trigger and get the ride operating. They did what they had to do. And that was in only in their FIRST year under heavy financial demands. So, in comparison, the future is that much more brighter with CF. And then what did they do? They removed their hydroflume for a ride called Maverick. What do you think Paramount did? They removed it for a ride called Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider's current state aside, under the management of Paramount, Tomb Raider was the most heavily theme'd attraction at the park. Not to mention it wasnt untill Cedar Fair took over that Tomb Raider really went down hill. Having to close off seats, was NOT Paramount's fault, that was Huss's fault. Just like the necessity to reposition the legs of Delerium in the off season after 2005, that was an error on Huss. In 2005, Tomb Raider ran steam, water jets, many more of the lights, the misters, the foggers, heck even the hazer would work when it was full. In 2005, when something went wrong, we called it in and they fixed it. In 2006 when something went wrong they disconnected it. I'm not talking about that part in the beginning when Paramount was still in control, I mean after Cedar Fair started taking control of the park, one of the first acts being, replacing the management in maintainence. When Tomb Raider replaced KCKC in 2002, Tomb Raider was a bad ass ride. When that shiva got mad, you knew, her eyes would cut through you like razor blades. People went crazy for the ride, kind of like Maverick. Tomb Raider, like Maverick, made the park look good. Cedar Fair built Maverick for the same reason Paramount built Tomb Raider. I agree with Coach Bombay.

It would appear that the cables are not equal on the left as the right. Looks like the right side needs to be tightened up a bit .

We've got some pretty awesome wood coaster guys at KI. Bub, Chris, Jim, Ollie, Ricky, and the rest of you, this article's for you.

So has Kings Island contacted you about making it official that you broke the head of marketing's record for The Racer?

Haha, funny, I was about to say the exact same thing about the cyclone.

Great idea! One of those ironic names! Kind of like tiny for the big guy.

Dude thats my Favorite ride and they have the best crew! Not to mention that AE leads the park in capacity every year. Takes a darn good crew to be able to run 3 trains on that ride.

Who said it was any less thrilling? If you're implying that KCKC is less thrilling than Wild Thornberrys because KCKC was removed then think again. There's not always a simple answer to every question. MANY factors led to the removal of KCKC. MANY factors led to the non-removal of the Log Flume. Also thrill is a matter of opinion. Now let me get my yard stick out and measure the depth of the now defunct KCKC. Take a guess, you worked on flume, its probably about the same. DeLorean Rider accelerating up to 88mph with a yard stick in his hand...

Which is a lot eaiser said than done. You cant just build outward onto your land building rides way out in the middle of nowhere then building paths to them. The park would end up like Six Flags America; mile walk just to and from Batwing. It's kind of like in RCT, if you just build rides and build long paths to them, guest's get lost and end up wanting to go home because its so far from one attraction to another. You've got to connect everything. Building out from the center of the park makes that harder, the farther you go. On a side note, I was once told by an ops. manager that the the park would never want to take up all of it's land. Doing so would for one be too much to manage, and two cause the park to loose it's barrier with the surrounding community. Also, "imo" if Vortex was the best arrow ever made, that's not saying much for Arrow. That's like saying the 1979 pinto was the best pinto ever made, either way, it's still a pinto. Anyway, metaphors aside, the best Arrow ever made was by far the Tennessee Tornado; mainly because Ron "I dont know what a transition is" Toomer didnt design it.

It's amazing what even the slightest bit of research will uncover, not to mention debunkify.

The screamin squirell would probably be similar to a wild mouse in terms of wait. I cant imagine any of them being much longer of a wait than Face/Off and even thats not too bad. As with everything, lines depend on when you go.

Living 10min from KI always made it difficult to justify paying to camp there. Especially seeing as it would mean paying for a campsite then going to the park all day.